CNL: Stories
reprinted from the Compost NewsLetter
Winter 1993-94
A Puzzle
A puzzle: How do you deal with a vampire when you've run out of Blood Donor cards?
Here are 16 names of hideous monsters from various countries, along with traditional methods for their destruction. Sad to say, our proofreader was eaten by a vlkoslak before she could check these lists, so it is up to you to unscramble them. Answers are hidden elsewhere on this page:
Species:
1) Sampiro 2) Ogoljen 3) Kathakano 4) Vampir 5) Vryolakas 6) Gierach 7) Vlkoslak 8) Vampiro 9) Umpire 10) Nachtzehrer 11) Krvoijac 12) Bukulaco 13) Dearg-dul 14) Upier 15) Strigouil 16) Neuntoter
Method:
a) Stake through the heart
b) Declare that it is blind
c) Place a coin in its mouth and decapitate with an ax
d) Bury it at crossroads
e) Chain it to a grave with wild roses
f) Boil its head in vinegar
g) Cut its head off and burn it
h) Drive a stake through its heart and a nail through its temples
i) Pile stones on its grave
j) Pour boiling oil on it, then drive a nail through its navel
k) Bury it face downwards
l) Put poppy seeds in its grave
m) Remove its heart, cut the heart in two, place garlic in its mouth and drive a nail into its head
n) Cut off its toes and drive a nail through its neck
o) Put lemon in its mouth
p) No known remedy
Country:
A) Spain
B) Bavaria
C) Bulgaria
D) Greece
E) Ireland
F) Poland
G) Rumania
H) Saxony
I) America
J) Serbia
K) Prussia
L) Macedonia
M) Hungary
N) Crete
O) Bohemia
P) Albania
[The source of these hideous legends is The Straight Dope by Cecil
Adams. Reprinted from Songs of the Dayshift Foreman, available from Box 71, Kananaskis, Alberta T0L 2H0 Canada for two or three bux in postal money orders, cash or postage stamps per issue. Great zine!]
Answers: 1aP 2dO 3fN 4hM 5jL 6lK 7nJ 8pA 9bI 10cB 11eC 12gD 13iE 14kF 15mG 16oH